The History of Decatur County devotes chapter VIII to "The Boundary Line Between Georgia and Florida". Decatur County was always in GA, but the question was, where was GA? A couple of quotes from the chapter: " The Florida Legislature on February 8th, 1861, adopted the Orr and Whitline line as the permanent boundary line between the two states but, probably on account of the confusion incident to the Civil War, Georgia did not pass the necessary legislation until December, 1866. Congress confirmed the agreement on April 9th, 1872 and thus ended a controversy of OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS. (caps mine) The last heard of this matter was on October 17, 1887 when the Supreme Court of the United States finally adjudicated the question of land titles arising from the boundary dispute in the case of Coffee vs Groover, Vol 123 of Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States." (pages 96, 97) "Much of the information about the boundary line is obtained from U.S. Senate Document no. 467 reprinted May 1908 entitled "Boundary Line Between Georgia and Florida" and given to the writer by H.H. Nussbaum." (page 97) I recommend that anyone interested read the entire chapter...or even more of the book. I think it is both fascinating history and well written by Frank Jones. Mitzi
Do you have information on where and how this book can be ordered? How much it would cost? Thanks, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Mitzi Bateman <mitzi@cncnet.com> To: <GAEARLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 1:39 AM Subject: [GAEARLY-L] FL & GA state line History The History of Decatur County devotes chapter VIII to "The Boundary Line Between Georgia and Florida". Decatur County was always in GA, but the question was, where was GA? A couple of quotes from the chapter: " The Florida Legislature on February 8th, 1861, adopted the Orr and Whitline line as the permanent boundary line between the two states but, probably on account of the confusion incident to the Civil War, Georgia did not pass the necessary legislation until December, 1866. Congress confirmed the agreement on April 9th, 1872 and thus ended a controversy of OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS. (caps mine) The last heard of this matter was on October 17, 1887 when the Supreme Court of the United States finally adjudicated the question of land titles arising from the boundary dispute in the case of Coffee vs Groover, Vol 123 of Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States." (pages 96, 97) "Much of the information about the boundary line is obtained from U.S. Senate Document no. 467 reprinted May 1908 entitled "Boundary Line Between Georgia and Florida" and given to the writer by H.H. Nussbaum." (page 97) I recommend that anyone interested read the entire chapter...or even more of the book. I think it is both fascinating history and well written by Frank Jones. Mitzi ==== GAEARLY Mailing List ==== Help support Free Viewing of Genealogicial Resources! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html What is RootsWeb all about?? - http://www.rootsweb.com/